"One thing is for sure the Afghan Black Emperor Jogezai plays very raw Black Metal and at the same time sits within his true Afghan heritage. It is one for the listener to decide upon, but in hindsight Taarma is probably the only Afghan-born Metal band and ever will be. Black Metal has come at its darkest hour."
Review by Rhys Stevenson. Thanks Rhys! Check out his blog here. Also great to see a Narjahanam review, highly recommend tracking down a copy of their album for some crucial mid-east styled BM sounds.
Shout-out at Hamer Smashed Sound blog
Mention of the Taarma single on the HSS blog here.
Nice to be in such esteemed company, thanks guys.
HSS is always an informative blog and pretty much essential reading for bringing the true underground business so check it out!
Nice to be in such esteemed company, thanks guys.
HSS is always an informative blog and pretty much essential reading for bringing the true underground business so check it out!
Taarma review from Aquarius
"Taarma's music is less about buzz and blast, and more about creep and rumble, the sounds warped and warbly, twisted and lugubrious, that sound enhanced by the medium, lathe cuts are inherently noisy, and degrade with every play, so after about 50 plays we can only assume, Taarma will sound even more fucked up and otherworldly.
The A-side begins with a weird, creeping, buzzy ambient intro, that slowly builds to a woozy midtempo lumber, the buzz muted and muddy, the drums distant thud, the whole thing washed out and weirdly melodic, almost like some sort of Jeckian black metal, everything wreathed in a strange echo-y swirl, the riffs gnarled and tangled, the vox a reverb drenched shriek.
The B-side is even creepier and slower and more dismal and depressive, like Striborg crossed with Abruptum, warped melodies, melting in thick black rivulets over a funereal plod, the vocals a swirling black fog, the riffs soporific and blurred, almost like someone spinning a black metal 45 manually with their finger as slow as they possibly can.
Weirdly psychedelic, tripped out, lysergic, a totally abstract chunk of outsider depressive blackness."
Courtesy Aquarius Records, San Francisco, USA.
Great to have such a positive response to this release! We are nearly sold out so please get in touch if you would like to order a copy.
The A-side begins with a weird, creeping, buzzy ambient intro, that slowly builds to a woozy midtempo lumber, the buzz muted and muddy, the drums distant thud, the whole thing washed out and weirdly melodic, almost like some sort of Jeckian black metal, everything wreathed in a strange echo-y swirl, the riffs gnarled and tangled, the vox a reverb drenched shriek.
The B-side is even creepier and slower and more dismal and depressive, like Striborg crossed with Abruptum, warped melodies, melting in thick black rivulets over a funereal plod, the vocals a swirling black fog, the riffs soporific and blurred, almost like someone spinning a black metal 45 manually with their finger as slow as they possibly can.
Weirdly psychedelic, tripped out, lysergic, a totally abstract chunk of outsider depressive blackness."
Courtesy Aquarius Records, San Francisco, USA.
Great to have such a positive response to this release! We are nearly sold out so please get in touch if you would like to order a copy.
QR #01
We are pleased to announce our first release on Qiyamah, from the one-man BM project TAARMA.
Hailing from the plateaus of Balochistan and bringing forth glacial vengeance is the mysterious Black Emperor Jogezai.
Jogezai formed Taarma in the winter of 1999 and set about releasing the bleakest sounds that have ever been captured in this region.
Pure and depressive.
2 tracks.
"Only Sorrow Is Real"
Taarma
Side 1
The Cursed Journey
Side 2
Cold Void of Silence
45 copies
clear lathe cut 7" single
$15 NZD
email orders: qiyamahrecords@gmail.com
Limited copies also available from:
Aquarius Records
Shaytan Productions
links:
Taarma official site
Metal archives profile
QR myspace
Hailing from the plateaus of Balochistan and bringing forth glacial vengeance is the mysterious Black Emperor Jogezai.
Jogezai formed Taarma in the winter of 1999 and set about releasing the bleakest sounds that have ever been captured in this region.
Pure and depressive.
2 tracks.
"Only Sorrow Is Real"
Taarma
Side 1
The Cursed Journey
Side 2
Cold Void of Silence
45 copies
clear lathe cut 7" single
$15 NZD
email orders: qiyamahrecords@gmail.com
Limited copies also available from:
Aquarius Records
Shaytan Productions
links:
Taarma official site
Metal archives profile
QR myspace
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